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The $5 billion Heart of Europe development taking shape at The World Islands will not only bring snow to Dubai but year-round rainfall as well.
The mega project’s developer, Kleindienst Group announced on Tuesday that it has just started working on a boulevard at one of the islands and it will be known as ‘Raining Street”.
This particular section of the project, spanning one kilometre, will feature rainfall throughout the year and it will be surrounded by hotels, resorts, cafes and retail outlets, making it a major tourist attraction. With water continuously pouring over the strip, temperatures around the boulevard will cool down to 27 degrees Celsius during the hot summer months, according to the developer.
The Heart of Europe is an ambitious real estate development being built on a cluster of seven islands styled after popular tourist hotspots, including Venice, St Petersburg, Switzerland, Sweden and Germany.
One of its mega features, the floating villas, have already been floated into position. The developer had earlier said it would install snow machines on the streets to also create a wintry feel outdoors.
The rainy street is the latest ambitious feature the developer has just unveiled, as it attempts to deliver the first phase of the project before the end of the year. It is inspired by a 150-year-old architectural concept of Camillo Sitte, an Austrian architect who proposed to build cities where everything was within walking distance.
“We are following Camillo Sitte’s idea of cities built with streets and boulevards within walkable distances. But to be able to walk from one place to another, you should have the right climate,” said Josef Kleindienst, chairman of Kleindienst Group.
“With the temperature ranging between 40 and 50 degrees Celsius during summer, people are not going to walk outside. Therefore, we need technology to create an outdoor climate-controlled area. So, we contacted engineers and consultants from the European institute who visited Dubai in 2008 to understand the climate here and conduct their research.”
The developer will use a technology that will interfere with the temperature, humidity and wind to ensure cooler clime outdoors.
“The technology ensures that as soon as the temperature goes above 27 degrees Celsius on the island, cold water in the form of rain will fall from the top of the buildings through concealed pipes. As the buildings take shape, we have started the engineering works to set up the Rainy Street within the European Island of the Heart of Europe, which will be surrounded by hotels and resorts,” said Kleindienst.
As for the snow planned earlier, Kleindienst said it will be featured in one of the plazas on the island. “We will control the temperature through technical snow produced from water that will be environment-friendly,” he added.
(Writing by Cleofe Maceda; editing by Seban Scaria)
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